I did one very similar to this a few years ago. It was the cottage at Nash Point lighthouse. The doors and windows were green not blue, but the composition and stark nature were the same. Yours is better than mine, though and I think that the inclusion of the brush is what makes the difference. Looking back mine was a bit too dehumanised, but the brush gets rid of that feeling altogether. Well done. I learned something here ! ...Peter

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This was a monastery we happened upon by chance one day. It was all locked up and the little brush was lying on the floor by some tables and chairs on the other side of the courtyard. I'm glad you think including it in the shot was a good move.

Thanks again.

Elaine

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nice shot, the broom is an awesome feature especially as it comes with matching blue stripes if I see correctly. Cleanness is still highly regarded and practiced as I see, it's part of the elegance and the culture.

My only suggestion would be to crop the bottom on the sunshine area despite the fact that your picture contains sunshine parts on the upper steps and the right they are not as striking. So cropping is a totally personal decision.

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Its a very nice vibrant shot. Love the colours and the light. Also loaded a mod, white balance a tad warmer, and theres a small amount of barrel distortion (look at the bottom of the image, you can see slight curve) Ive removed, and applied a little sharpening.

For PABLO, - the brush has 3 stripes, the centre one is blue, the outer wo are red.

regards

Willie

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The link was great. I've learned stuff about colors that I never even considered before when taking a shot...............thanks for that I think it's helpful for photographers to know about color combinations and such.

Thanks for looking at my PF - I'm dead chuffed that you like my work. I feel that some of my shots aren't much cop , but once in a while I seem to produce the odd one with some merit. I'm very grateful for all of the help I receive on here.

Cheers

Elaine

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